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As of 23 April 2020, 10 different people have led the daily press conference (39 total briefings since 16 March):
Matt Hancock: 10
Boris Johnson: 7
Dominic Raab: 7
Rishi Sunak: 4
Michael Gove: 3
Alok Sharma: 3
Robert Jenrick: 2
George Eustace: 1
Priti Patel: 1
Gavin Williamson: 1
And here's how often every Secretary of State, Minister, scientist, medical officer or other advisor has appeared (whether in the lead role, or as a sidekick)

Again, this is over 39 press conferences from 16 March 2020 to 23 April 2020.
Finally, here's the full list of attendees from 16 March 2020 to 23 April 2020. "Led by" = central podium.

(I had to piece it together myself from daily news reports, because AFAIK the Government aren't tracking it neatly in any one place... I wonder why! Hint: accountability.)
Presumably you can refer back to the list above to figure out if anyone who's claimed to have had the virus obeyed the minimum quarantine time... Just a thought!
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"British armed forces are to be given insect repellant to protect them against Covid-19 infection, it has emerged."

It will repel mosquitoes, which were never the vector for COVID-19. Pure quackery, like sending them into battle armed with pointed sticks.
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
(Insect repellent's not only useless, it's worse than useless - because it gives a false sense of security.)

They're also apparently going to be given disinfectant (to wash with, not to inject!) and vitamin D supplements.

Shameful! None of this will protect them from the virus.
The WHO have weighed in on the issue in the past... The idea that mosquitoes can transmit COVID-19 is one of the myths they've picked out to bust.
who.int/emergencies/di…
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Dominic Cummings is on the supposedly arms-length SAGE advisory committee, as is a Vote Leave data scientist buddy of his.

Because of course they are. Why wouldn't the UK Government take the opportunity to mess up one more thing when it's an open goal?
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
The way the Tories have approached the whole coronavirus crisis is like the famous Spinal Tap scene, only with the outrage going up to 11, rather than amps...
I like my knuckles as they are. But hundreds of times a day, the Tories will do something that makes me want to punch the nearest wall. Resistance is exhausting, but so far they've remained unbloodied.
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"Dyson will not supply medical ventilators to help the NHS treat Covid-19 patients after the government told the engineering firm that its services were no longer required."

Goodness! The UK Government couldn't organise a glass of water in an Evian bottling plant.
Mind you, it's an odd story when you think about it for a bit, because Dyson's never had a *certified* ventilator to supply.

So "company isn't going to supply product it doesn't have" would probably be a lot closer to the truth, whatever that means these days.
Oh, and here's the link to the original story, which I couldn't fit into the first tweet...
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